Friday, May 8

[gottawonder]

Today I am grateful for:

Decent sleep.

Deciding to tackle the second coat of paint in the basement after eating and feeding indoor critters.

I think it looks pretty good. It is a semi gloss paint, which shows more of the roller marks and so on, but it looks well covered and even.

I got everything cleaned up and then did chores about when I needed to get going to the barn.

A woman dropped off our census form, which seemed odd that they have to do this in person. I was dressed in painting rags, so of course that's when someone sees me.

River was pretty crusty looking from laying in mud again, and his breathing wasn't great.

I brushed him and then misted him to help him cool down, which seems to help.

He wasn't super energetic (again, this will be all summer) but he did okay with our work.

I did see R and L, the young woman with health challenges didn't come today.

I went home and worked on Dandy's mane again. He needed to get used to the spray bottle of conditioner again, since I haven't used one around him since last summer. He really is worried about them.

My husband got home around then, and came to visit with me while I groomed Dandy.

It took awhile, but I did get his mane sorted, and did some other brushing with him and Ursula. They take a long time to shed out, and they look pretty shaggy still.

We went inside, ate, and watched "Crazy Stupid Love", which was pretty good but had a dumb ending.

Comments

[ratunderpaper]

I can't use semi-gloss paint on walls for exactly this reason. I do use it on casing, baseboards, and doors.

In the ensuite bawth I've had to use an eggshell – it repels moisture from the shower – but it would not be my first choice.

[gottawonder]

I felt that the basement would need the durability of the semi-gloss. It actually looks pretty good, a little show of marks here and there, but not bad at all. If you don't have sunlight shining across it at just the right angle, you don't see it.

For other rooms, I have used Benjamin Moore paint in a pearl finish, and it shows very little of the roller marks.

[ratunderpaper]

Our walls are old, and any gloss over 2% shows imperfections. I like Estate Emulsion, though there's a new, durable Dead Flat paint that is supposed to be nearly bomb-proof.